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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Swa•hi•li (swä hē′lē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -lis, (esp. collectively) -li for 1.- Language Varietiesa member of a Bantu people of Zanzibar and the neighboring coast of Africa.
- Language VarietiesAlso, Kiswahili, ki-Swahili. the Bantu language of the Swahili people, used also as a lingua franca in Tanzania, Kenya, and parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Swa•hi′li•an, adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Swahili /swɑːˈhiːlɪ/ n - Also called: Kiswahili a language of E Africa that is an official language of Kenya and Tanzania and is widely used as a lingua franca throughout E and central Africa. It is a member of the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family, originally spoken in Zanzibar, and has a large number of loan words taken from Arabic and other languages
- ( pl -lis, -li)
Also called: Mswahili, Waswahili a member of a people speaking this language, living chiefly in Zanzibar
adj - of or relating to the Swahilis or their language
Etymology: 19th Century: from Arabic sawāhil coastsSwaˈhilian adj |